KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Geography is hosting a pair of events during Geography Awareness Week, a national campaign that encourages geographic awareness and literacy among students and the general public. Rex Rowley, an associate geography professor at Illinois State University, will present “A Tsunami, a Recovery, and a Shark Museum: Discovering a Sense of Place in Kesennuma, Japan” at 3:30 p.m. Monday (Nov. 12) in Copeland Hall Room 140. On March 11, … [Read more...]
UNK hosts special screening of tsunami film ‘The Impossible’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgw394ZKsis KEARNEY – The geography department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting a film about a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. A special screening of “The Impossible” is at 7 p.m. Tuesday (April 10) at Kearney’s The World Theatre, 2318 Central Ave. It is free and open to the public. UNK professor Jeremy Dillon will give a brief presentation on the science of … [Read more...]
